KATV Little Rock Pre-empts Oprah Finale With Storm Coverage

Awwww.....too bad Oprah fans. Some Little Rock viewers are incensed when they can't watch the finale of their favorite TV show. Click on the title link for some of their choice comments to local station KATV.

A gentle reminder--TV and radio stations are licensed by the FCC. When those licenses are up for review and renewal, a major component is whether the owner of said station "acted in the public interest".

It is much, much more "in the public interest" to warn thousands of people of life-threatening weather than it is to run a talk show. The primary purpose of TV and radio locally is to INFORM. Secondary is entertainment.

People who whine that their show is preempted when tornadoes are all around them are, in my opinion, a bag of fries short of a Value Meal, if you know what I mean.

Somehow I don't think alot of people in Joplin, Missouri cared about whether the Oprah finale aired in their market yesterday. They were busy with this.

Breitbart.tv » Al Sharpton: We Won’t Have True Social Justice Until Everything Is ‘Equal in Everybody’s House’

I dare Rev. Sharpton to go to Oprah and tell her to start sharing her wealth first........

This clip shows us an example of the WRONG kind of "social gospel". (little "g" intended!)

Breitbart.tv » Al Sharpton: We Won’t Have True Social Justice Until Everything Is ‘Equal in Everybody’s House’

THIS is why TV breaks into Oprah and Dr. Phil for weather.......

Watch this video---live coverage of a tornado on the ground near Oklahoma City today, beginning near a middle school, proceeding toward an interstate.

I tire of reading blogs and people's comments at Richmona media Web sites complaining of how the meteorologists break into their favorite shows to talk about "breaking weather that's nowhere near me".

Deal with it.

Your community is one of many served by any television station. And if ONE life can be saved by pre-empting Jeopardy, then so be it.

If my child were at this middle school, or my wife commuting on I-35, I'd be grateful to this station for their service, and MOST especially if I lived just the other side of I-35.

Super Bowl Commercials

My top four:

4) Bud Light: "Rock, Paper, Scissors"

3) Bud Light: "Auctioneer"

2) T-Mobile: "Wade and Barkley"

1) CBS Late Show promo---Letterman and Oprah cozy on the couch. Hilarious, in less than ten seconds.

Now, the road to Super Bowl XLII is underway!!!